New Helloworld retail chief

HELLOWORLD Travel Limited yesterday announced the appointment of John Constable to the newly created role of Group General Manager - Retail and Commercial ( TD breaking news).

Constable, who has headed up STA Travel in the UK for more than twelve years, will take up his new position next week, with the appointment seeing a significant restructure in HLO reporting lines.

Julie Primmer (head of branded network), David Padman (head of corporate, associate and affiliate networks), Mike Thompson (group gm partnerships) and Stan Scott (head of commercial) will all now sit under Constable rather than reporting directly to ceo Andrew Burnes.

An ASX announcement late yesterday confirmed the new appointment “establishes the four pillars of Helloworld Travel’s operational management team”.

Constable will head up the Retail and Commercial divisions in Australia; executive director Cinzia Burnes leads the Wholesale and Inbound divisions; Russell Carstensen is in charge of Corporate and Air Tickets; and Simon McKearney is leading HLO’s NZ operations.

Burnes said he was delighted that Constable was joining HLO.

“I am confident he will have a very positive impact on our retail businesses, including our commercial operations,” he said.